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Id: 22891
Status: resolved
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Queue: WWW-Mechanize
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Requestors: henrywong [...] yahoo.com
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  Tue Nov 07 19:11:50 2006 henrywong [...] yahoo.com - Ticket created
Subject: Mechanize seemed to discard the first URL inside first <p> tag in a html page
If you have page with: <p><a href="http://www.url1.com/gi1?a=1">test1</a><p> <p><a href="http://www.url2.com/gi2?a=2">test2</a><p> mech-dump -links will return http://www.url2.com/gi2?a=2 or <p><a href="http://www.first.com/gi1?a=1">first</a><a href="http://www.url1.com/gi1?a=1">test1</a><p> <p><a href="http://www.url2.com/gi2?a=2">test2</a><p> mech-dump -links will return: http://www.url1.com/gi1?a=1 http://www.url2.com/gi2?a=2 The first link in <p> for a page is always discarded.
  Tue Nov 07 19:38:28 2006 henrywong [...] yahoo.com - Correspondence added
Subject: Mechanize seemed to discard the first URL after an <h1> tag
From: henrywong [...] yahoo.com
After a little more debugging the issues turns out to be the link Following an <h1> tag is discarded. Example: <h1> hello world</h1> <p><a href="http://www.url1.com/gi1?a=1">test1</a><p> <p><a href="http://www.url2.com/gi2?a=2">test2</a><p> mech-dump -links will return http://www.url2.com/gi2?a=2 and if remove h1 tag <p><a href="http://www.url1.com/gi1?a=1">test1</a><p> <p><a href="http://www.url2.com/gi2?a=2">test2</a><p> mech-dump -links will return both links: http://www.url1.com/gi1?a=1 http://www.url2.com/gi2?a=2 FYI I have not tried <h2> <3> .... Thanks for your help. On Tue Nov 07 19:11:50 2006, henrywong wrote: Show quoted text
> If you have page with: > > > <p><a href="http://www.url1.com/gi1?a=1">test1</a><p> > <p><a href="http://www.url2.com/gi2?a=2">test2</a><p> > > mech-dump -links > > will return http://www.url2.com/gi2?a=2 > > or > <p><a href="http://www.first.com/gi1?a=1">first</a><a > href="http://www.url1.com/gi1?a=1">test1</a><p> > <p><a href="http://www.url2.com/gi2?a=2">test2</a><p> > > mech-dump -links > > will return: > http://www.url1.com/gi1?a=1 > http://www.url2.com/gi2?a=2 > > The first link in <p> for a page is always discarded.
  Wed Nov 08 17:53:58 2006 henrywong [...] yahoo.com - Correspondence added
Subject: Mechanize seemed to discard the first URL after this <a name="anchor"/> tag in a html page
From: henrywong [...] yahoo.com
OK, the real problem turned out to be Mechanize seemed to discard the first URL after this <a ame="anchor"/> tag in a html page. <h1> hello world</h1> <a name="anchor"/> <p><a href="http://www.url1.com/gi1?a=1">test1</a><p> <p><a href="http://www.url2.com/gi2?a=2">test2</a><p> mech-dump -links for above html code returns http://www.url2.com/gi2?a=2 On Tue Nov 07 19:38:28 2006, henrywong wrote: Show quoted text
> After a little more debugging the issues turns out to be the link > Following an <h1> tag is discarded. > > Example: > <h1> hello world</h1> > <p><a href="http://www.url1.com/gi1?a=1">test1</a><p> > <p><a href="http://www.url2.com/gi2?a=2">test2</a><p> > > mech-dump -links will return http://www.url2.com/gi2?a=2 > > and if remove h1 tag > > <p><a href="http://www.url1.com/gi1?a=1">test1</a><p> > <p><a href="http://www.url2.com/gi2?a=2">test2</a><p> > > mech-dump -links will return both links: > > http://www.url1.com/gi1?a=1 > > http://www.url2.com/gi2?a=2 > > FYI I have not tried <h2> <3> .... > > Thanks for your help. > > > On Tue Nov 07 19:11:50 2006, henrywong wrote:
> > If you have page with: > > > > > > <p><a href="http://www.url1.com/gi1?a=1">test1</a><p> > > <p><a href="http://www.url2.com/gi2?a=2">test2</a><p> > > > > mech-dump -links > > > > will return http://www.url2.com/gi2?a=2 > > > > or > > <p><a href="http://www.first.com/gi1?a=1">first</a><a > > href="http://www.url1.com/gi1?a=1">test1</a><p> > > <p><a href="http://www.url2.com/gi2?a=2">test2</a><p> > > > > mech-dump -links > > > > will return: > > http://www.url1.com/gi1?a=1 > > http://www.url2.com/gi2?a=2 > > > > The first link in <p> for a page is always discarded.
> >
  Fri Nov 09 13:50:23 2007 PETDANCE [...] cpan.org - Correspondence added
Moved to http://code.google.com/p/www-mechanize/issues/detail?id=15
  Fri Nov 09 13:50:24 2007 The RT System itself - Status changed from 'new' to 'open'
  Fri Nov 09 13:50:25 2007 PETDANCE [...] cpan.org - Status changed from 'open' to 'resolved'